Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-04
BLUE AND GRAY.
OLD WARRIORS MEET G2S GETTYS.
BURG'S FIELD.
The Place where Pickett Made His
Rash Charge-The Soldiers
Monument.
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GETTYSBURG (Pa), July 3d.-The city
was thronged and jammed with people last
night, and the streets and houses were bril-
iantly illuminated and decorated in honor
OF the meeting of the blue and the gray.
The Philadelphia Brigade arrived in the
evening, and after securing quarters
marched to the depot to receive their
guests. At 6:25 a ringing cheer from the
Philadelphia Brigade was answered by the
weil-known rebel yell, which announced
the visitors had arrived. ard 200 of the
Pickett veterans marched out and sur
rendered to the hospitality of their friends
grand procession was formed and
marched up the town. surrounded by
thousands and thousands of enthusiastic
and excited people, yelling themselves
hoaIse. A campfire was held at the Court
house, which was crowded to suffocating,
and when all was ready General Burns as
sisted Mrs. General Pickett to the stand
amid tremendous cheers, which shook the
building, and introduced her and her son
to the audience. She was visiblv affected
by the reception accorded her The meet
ing was called to order by John w. Frazier,
who welcomed the visitors TO the first in
ternational meeting of the blue and gray
which had taken place on the historic
grounds. Speeches were made by veterans
of both the blue and gray, ana good fellow
ship prevailed.
THE OLD BATTLEFIELD VISITED.
GKTrYsBURG Pa July 3d.-Very little
more sleep visited the eyes of the people of
Gettysburg last night than ON the night of
July ,, 1868. This morning dawned clear
and beautiful, perfect counterpart of the
Memorial Day that it commentaries In
the place of cannon shots, however, the
shrill shrieks of locomotive whistles broke
the Sabbath stiffness, as excursion after
excursion reinforced the crowds in the
streets. The morning was spent in sight
seeing and going over the field At 1:30
P. NJ the procession formed at the Eagle
Hotel, and led by Adiutant Whitecar and
followed by the band, took up It's II arch
toward the place where, twenty-four years
before, the Philadelphia men had held
their position against the famous Picketts
Division of Longstreet's Corps of the Army
of Northern Virginia. At length they
reached Bloody Angle" The band
strikes up Rally Round the Flag, Boys"
and the old Philadelphia Brigade is once
more on the ground they so nobly defended
against such overwhelming odds. The
stone fence is still standing behind which
the Philadelphia Brigade made its heroic
stand. and the two monuments of the Sixty
ninth and Seventy-first Regiments are To-
Gated within few feet of it.
A few minutes after o'clock the Sixty
ninth marched to the stand erected for the
purpose, and there the assemblage was
called to order by Colonel O'Brien, who
introduced Adjutant w. c. McDermott.
who read list of the killed and mortally
wounded of the Sixty-ninth Regiment. He
than rresanraa Eonara1 n
who delivered an oration. During his
speech the General said that the Com
msnder Of the Philadelphia Brigade, when
he placed them at the stone wall, in such
an advanced position, knew they would
stay there and hold that position till death.
He referred to the manner in which they
got the name of Paddy Owens Regulars
and pointed out General Brown as the man
who so called them.
THE NAN IN GRAY.
He said he hardly knew whas to say to
the N en- who. twenty-four wears ago to-
day, emerged from the woods 300 yards
away, and made that terrible assault
on the Union line. Let them place
their monument where they wish
he continued. ''Armistead and several
others pierced our line and here. within a
few feet of this spot he fell wounded unto
death. The renowned phalanxes of Alex
andria would not have dared to make the
charge that Pickett made" In closing he
called for
THREE CHEERS FOR PICKErT's DIVISION,
As proof of their friendship. They were
given with will, as also were three cheers
for General Owen. Colonel Reilly then
presented the monument to the care and
keeping of the Battlefield Memorial Asso-
citation. II was received in their name by
Colonel J. 3. Batchelder. Soon Colonel
Reilly rose, and, IN the name of the Sixty
ninth Regiment, presented him with a
handsome gold watch appropriately in
serIbed. The Colonel was much surprised,
and i'll few words thanked the regiment
for its kind remembrance of him.
PRESENTATION TO MRS. PICKETT.
Before the ceremony began Mrs. Pickett.
escorted by General Burns, took her seat
on the platform, and the crowd at once
cheered her. Now, Adjutant-Gener Nc |
Dermott stepped forward and presented
her with beautiful floral cross which had |
been given the brigade by Mrs Reed, of
Philadelphia, and which they now wished
to present to her.
OTHER FESTIVITIES.
This finished the ceremonies of the
Sixty-ninth. and now the Seventy first
took the platform, and Captain Stockton
introduced General Burns, who succeeded
General Baker in command, as orator
When he finished General Baldy Smith was
presented and spoke for only few minutes,
and called upon General Wister to turn the
monument over to the Battlefield Memorial
Association. He was so much affected by
the sight of the small number of the bri-
gade remaining that it took him some
moments to control his feelings, and occa-
sionally during his speech his voice would
choke, and he with difficulty continued.
The monument was accepted in the name
of the Association by Colonel John NJ.
Vanderlice, of Philadelphia.
Colonel R. Perm Smith then in q very
interesting speech turned over to the
Memorial Association The tablet of Cush-
ing's Battery, which was also received by
Colonel Vanderslice
Then Colonel Cowan transferred the
monument to the Memorial Association, in
whose behalf it was accepted by Captain S.
C. Wagner.
Perhaps the most interesting incident of